Viggiù

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Viggiù
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Viggiù (Italy)
Viggiù
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Vigiü
Coordinates 45 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '10 "  N , 8 ° 54' 30"  E
height 506  m slm
surface 9.3 km²
Residents 5,230 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 562 inhabitants / km²
Factions Baraggia
Post Code 21059
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012139
Popular name viggiutesi
Patron saint Stephen ( December 26th )
Website www.comune.viggiu.va.it
Viggiù municipality in the province of Varese
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Viggiù

Viggiù is an Italian commune in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 8 km northeast of Varese on the Swiss border and covers an area of ​​9.3  km² . The municipality Viggiù belongs fraction (district) Baraggia . The neighboring communities are Arcisate , Besano , Bisuschio , Cantello , Clivio , Meride (Switzerland) and Saltrio .

history

The village was probably founded at the time of Julius Caesar , from whom the Roman name Vicus Juli (the village of Julius) over time became Vicluvium , then Vigloeno , Vigue and finally Viggiù. As early as the 12th century, the artists from Viggiù belonged to the brotherhood of the Comacini masters. From 1500 to the middle of the 17th century there were real colonies of artieri Viggiutesi in Rome to do valuable artistic and architectural work.

population

Population development
year 1805 1809 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 1523 * 2137 2291 2395 2488 2532 2500 2918 5171 4829 4968 5207 5300 5318
  • 1809 Merger with Clivio and Saltrio
  • 1931 Merger with Clivio and Saltrio

Attractions

  • The parish church of Santo Stefano was enlarged to its present size in the 15th century: three large naves divided into four bays, bordered at the ends by six monolithic columns from pietra di Saltrio and surmounted by capitals.
  • Church of Santa Maria Nascente, called Madonnina , was built in 1718 on the site of a small votive chapel that was built as an ex-voto against the plague .
  • Church of San Martino with an elegant 16th century portal (with the Longhi coat of arms in the middle) has a deep hall plan and reflects the simplicity that characterizes its exterior; the altarpiece shows the crucifixion . The building, originally the first parish church in Viggiù, became the private chapel of the Longhi family in the 17th century.
  • Madonna della Croce church, also called Beata vergine Assunta; the facade in the clear neo- renaissance style was built in the middle of the 19th century according to a design by Giacomo Buzzi Leone. The main parts are: portals, windows, architectural elements in Viggiù stone; on the sides of the facade are terracotta medallions by the sculptor Luigi Buzzi Leone with the following images: Moses on the left, David on the right. The interior preserves a painting by an unknown artist towards the end of the 15th century and attributed to the school of Ambrogio da Fossano, called Bergognone, it depicts the Virgin and Child seated on a rich Gothic throne.

Personalities

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Viggiù. In: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 210.
  • Lombardia (esclusa Milano) - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Viggiù Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Viggiù  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Viggiù (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi/schede
  • Viggiù (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
  • Viggiù (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
  • Viggiù (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.